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| Keywords: Nardon Pénicaud - Christ Crowned with Thorns - Walters 44146.jpg Christ clad in a purple mantle is seated on a bench One tormentor kneels and starts to remove his hood in derisive salute; three others press the crown of thorns on his head with long sticks In the background is a masonry screen with a pedimented aperture The floor is tessellated This plaque is the work of an anonymous master of the 1530s who is sometimes designated as the pseudo-Couly Nouailher It is reminiscent of enamels of the same subject from the workshop of Nardon Pénicaud The composition was copied after the engraving of the Crowning with Thorns in the Passion series by Martin Schongauer B VI p 125 no 12 between 1530 1540 translucent painted enamels on copper cm 13 6 11 8 accession number 44 146 29645 Arnold Seligmann Rey Co New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1919 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Nardon Pénicaud Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
